Cochin highrises, pictures and projects - II

[sowmya]

Yes Renik, It is confirmed that Vallarpadam will be operational by April 2009

Originally Posted by ReNik

Here is an eerie confirmation of what I reported two months back. Vallarpadam work is
well on course.

[sowmya]

Yes Renik now with Wipro, L&T, TCS and Leela Infopark coming up in the next one year i think combined with Muthoot Technopolis with big players like Cognizant Kochi will be in the pipeline

But for Smart city we may have to wait for another 4 years as per the Project authorities. It will take another one year for construction to begin. By the time Smart City comes up there will be many IT parks like CIAL, Sobha etc. So the IT exports figures will be astronomical

But the problem which worries me is low FAR. We need to accomodate huge number of IT professionals. So with low FAR if construction industry comes to a standstill there will be a shortage of apartments etc.

Originally Posted by ReNik

Rs. 200 crore in just 42 months starting from Nov 2006 is a record in the state. That was 3 times the previous years exports.
Kerala's net export is just Rs.700 crore. Last year it was Rs.600 crore. In the next year Muthoot Technopolis will also chip in with a big volume. In two years InfoPark will be the biggest IT exporter from the state. But that will easily be overturned by Smart City which will
have competitors only at the national level.

[sowmya]

Renik, will 20 to 30 floor apartments which are shown in the forum at Thripunithura and Kakkanad get sanctions now since order for lower FAR has come up or will these projects get cancelled.

[sowmya]

There is a multiplex in Mallo
Please check this link
http://www.mallo.in/floor/Forth%20Floor.pdf

[bhasidali]

Originally Posted by sowmya

There is a multiplex in Mallo
Please check this link
http://www.mallo.in/floor/Forth%20Floor.pdf

Thats Great Info...

[KMC]

Originally Posted by sowmya

Renik, will 20 to 30 floor apartments which are shown in the forum at Thripunithura and Kakkanad get sanctions now since order for lower FAR has come up or will these projects get cancelled.

It will not change , Because Choice already received written approval for 30 floors and they are confident of getting approval for the balance.( as they have sold out all the floors above 20)
Purvankara project will not affect as they have more land . Swapnil Regency is also through as the plan was sanctioned way before. They are planning to finish it by 2010. They are planning their next project opposite LakeShore Hospital .
MIR , already started the construction .

How can they cancel the projects when they bought lands at such high cost.
Its been heard that Purvankara has bought land near to Choice paradise , Source - My credible friend in KBF.

[sowmya]

KMC, Thanks for the info.so that means a lot of high rises would have already come up by the time these stupid rules are implemented. And i genuinely feel that once development comes up there will be a demand for housing so automatically this will not affect construction sector irrespective of whatever FAR.

Originally Posted by KMC

It will not change , Because Choice already received written approval for 30 floors and they are confident of getting approval for the balance.( as they have sold out all the floors above 20)
Purvankara project will not affect as they have more land . Swapnil Regency is also through as the plan was sanctioned way before. They are planning to finish it by 2010. They are planning their next project opposite LakeShore Hospital .
MIR , already started the construction .

How can they cancel the projects when they bought lands at such high cost.
Its been heard that Purvankara has bought land near to Choice paradise , Source - My credible friend in KBF.

[sowmya]

So now there is a longer list of projects which have started rolling compared to the year before:-
1) Smart City(masterplan within two months)
2) Vallarpadam Terminal
3) Wipro Campus at Infopark
4) Leela Infopark Phase II
5) L&T Infocity

Now we are waiting for work to start on these projects

1) Sobha Hitech city
2) CIAL IT park cum airport city
3) Nest Software Park at Kinfra Hitech Park
4) IT SEZ's of Parsvnath and Unitech

Hope the work on these begins soon. After that there wont be a looking back for Kochi

[ReNik]

Originally Posted by KMC

It will not change , Because Choice already received written approval for 30 floors and they are confident of getting approval for the balance.( as they have sold out all the floors above 20)
Purvankara project will not affect as they have more land . Swapnil Regency is also through as the plan was sanctioned way before. They are planning to finish it by 2010. They are planning their next project opposite LakeShore Hospital .
MIR , already started the construction .

How can they cancel the projects when they bought lands at such high cost.
Its been heard that Purvankara has bought land near to Choice paradise , Source - My credible friend in KBF.

KMC

I have confirmed the info on choice Paradise independently. They have sold everything above 22nd floor and only a few more are left. They are sure of getting sanction too.
As you have mentioned the projects like Puravankara, Swapnil Regency and Mir Jade Heights have all obtained sanction before the restrictions came. Jade Heights construction is well on course. Piling works are also over. See the link giving status in April. http://www.mirrealtors.in/greenmetropolis.html#4

Actually Mir Jade Heights will be the first tower to go over 100 mtrs mark in South India.
In all likelihood Choice Paradise will be the next.


For couple of months Alwaye and other suburbs will se more launch of high-rises. By then the FAR order is likely go to trash-bin
and Kakkanad get a fair deal.

[ReNik]

CIAL touches 400 services per week.

CIAL projects on course. Full length taxi track open. Golf course construction started. IT park to be launched soon.

CIAL gets full-length parallel taxi track
Monday June 11 2007 02:50 IST - New Ind Xpress

KOCHI: Adding one more feather to its cap, a full-length parallel taxi track has been completed at the Cochin International Airport, in record time. The parallel taxi track will give a boost to the functioning of the airport.

The Civil Engineering Wing of CIAL led by AM Shabeer made history by completing the construction of 3,400- metre-long parallel taxi track in five months at the cost of Rs 12.5 crore. The full-length taxi track will boost the performance of the airport considerably.

The CIAL is expecting an increase of 20 percent in its revenue with the commissioning of the parallel track and an enhancement of five percent in the profit.

With 15 airlines operating in the international sector and 10 in the domestic sector from the Cochin airport, the frequency of operations has increased. A majority of the airlines operating at the airport and a number of new airlines had approached the Civil Aviation Ministry and Airport Authority of India for obtaining permission to increase frequency and introduce new services.

There are 464 services in the domestic sector and 314 services in the international sector in Kochi (landing and taking off) per week. But the aircraft approaching the airport for landing has to hover in air over Kochi due to the traffic congestion at the airport.

The aircraft have to wait at least 15 minutes in the sky to get clearance for landing if another plane is at the airport. This is a huge loss for the airlines and waste of time for the passengers.

The Airport Authority of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation and various airlines were repeatedly requesting the CIAL to complete the full-length parallel taxi track to minimise the air traffic congestion and longer runway occupancy at the airport.

With the commissioning of fulllength parallel taxi track, the aircraft landing on the runway can be easily diverted to the parallel taxi track within a couple of minutes, facilitating more aircraft to utilise the runway for landing and take-off.

The decision of reintroducing the users’ fee for the passengers will be taken up at the next meeting of the board of directors of the CIAL, as the issue was highly sensitive having impact on economic and social sector, said minister S Sarma.

The full-length parallel taxi track will be opened by Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan this month.

IT Park & Golf Course: The subcommittee of the CIAL which met at the Aluva Government Guest House the other day has decided to expedite various development proposals of the airport. Sub-committee chairman S Sarma told that a consultant will be appointed soon to launch the IT Park on the airport premises.

"CIAL will have 51 percent stake in the new IT Park. It has been proposed to have a tie-up with any reputed group in the IT sector to run the IT park.

"The earth work for the golf course has begun. It is expected to take one year to raise the proposed land for golf course by five metres. The landscaping will be done afterward. The Kerala Golf Association is giving technical advice and a more competent consultant will be entrusted with the assignment at a later stage,’’ said CIAL MD Shriram Bharath.

[dr_know]

From IANS

Dubai team for Smart City project arrives in Kochi

Kochi, June 10: A team of Dubai Internet City (DIC) officials arrived here Sunday to begin discussions to take the Rs.15 billion-Smart City project forward, a week after the opposition Congress demanded a probe into the agreement claiming it was inked with a private firm and not the Dubai government.

The team, led by DIC official Baju George, began discussions with Kerala government officials on laying the road map for starting construction at the proposed site here.

The Kerala team is led by IT secretary K. Jyothilal. The final agreement for the project was inked May 13 with Tecom Investment and Free Zone Limited Liability Company in the presence of Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan.

"The master plan for the project would be ready soon," said George.

According to the agreement, the Dubai team has to begin preliminary work within 90 days of its signing while the actual construction would begin in a year's time.

The opposition alleges that the company (with which the deal has been signed) is a real estate firm and it has approached European investors to raise funds for the Smart City project.

The previous Congress-led United Democratic Front government led by then chief minister Oommen Chandy had held talks with the Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone Authority and signed a memorandum of agreement (MoU) with it.

After the Achuthanandan government signed the agreement, Chandy and his associates demanded a judicial probe alleging that changes had been made in the conditions applicable to the developer after the state cabinet had approved it.

[dr_know]

DP World New Release...

We are currently in the process of finalising designs for the new container terminal at Vallarpadam within the Cochin Port Trust administration. With the commissioning of the new container handling facility at Vallarpadam, the existing container terminal will be handed over to the Cochin Port Trust for developing it as a non-container facility.

The Cochin Port Trust is committed to developing road and rail links to the new facility in advance of the opening of the terminal in the first quarter of 2009. The proposed project site at Vallarpadam was notified as a Special Economic Zone by the Ministry of Commerce, Governement of India on 2nd November 2006. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India gave the environmental clearance on 9th November 2006 for the construction of the terminal at Vallarpadam.

The new terminal will be positioned not only to handle transhipment traffic by virtue of its strategic position close to the major Far East - Europe trade lanes, but also to benefit from growth in consumer demand in India's southern states, with transhipment traffic accounting for a relatively small portion of volumes.

Start up of operations in Phase 1A of the project is expected to take place no later than in the 1st quarter of 2009.

[ReNik]

New Boat Jetty construction






Any updates on construction of this one ?

[vineeta]

in all probability mall o will be opened by jan 2008 only..
the work for internal fitouts for the different brands has not commenced..which should take a minimum of 6 months...so jan 2008 looks realistic as of now..

[sowmya]

I called up their office in NH Bypass. As per what they have informed it will open in 3 months. Whether 6 months or 3 months we are all dying for a multiplex in Kochi .

Originally Posted by vineeta

in all probability mall o will be opened by jan 2008 only..
the work for internal fitouts for the different brands has not commenced..which should take a minimum of 6 months...so jan 2008 looks realistic as of now..

[sowmya]

Thats great. I wanted to get some information about the progress of IT park which is coming up.


QUOTE=ReNik;2890034]
CIAL touches 400 services per week.

CIAL projects on course. Full length taxi track open. Golf course construction started. IT park to be launched soon.[/QUOTE]

[ReNik]

DLF IPO prospectus states that it owns 30 acres at Kakkanad, 5 acres at Vyttila and
another 4 acres at an unspecified location in Kochi(probably MG road and Marine Drive).


And here is a 20 storey Holyfaith towers, Kakkanad rising.





25-storey Mather Green Hills, Kakkanad - structural works over



18 storey Maison d'Or, Panampilly nagar


a shot from atop Maison d'Or



one more such -
Dover Court Kadavantra

[devakj]

Originally Posted by sowmya

There is a multiplex in Mallo
Please check this link
http://www.mallo.in/floor/Forth%20Floor.pdf

Are these meant to be movie theatres? The capacity seems too small for these being actual theatres? (As low as 117 seats)..

[KMC]

Godrej Properties is eyeing Kochi

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/2112320.cms

Is it a kind of overheating happening in Kochi .
Local builders will find it extremely tough to compete , if National players start concentrating more on Kochi . They will have to move else where in State. Kochi is still waiting for these Giants like DLF , UNITECH , Sahara , Parsvnath to announce their projects , who owns large chunk of Land , eg : Unitech which owns 670 Acres in Kochi!!!!!! . These guys will Kill the competition

[dr_know]

Originally Posted by devakj

Are these meant to be movie theatres? The capacity seems too small for these being actual theatres? (As low as 117 seats)..

These are movie theaters.. but they are usually referred to as Cineplex or Multiplex as these have lesser seating capacity (as you pointed out) but more screens.. the key here is that they show variety rather than bulk seats... so these are not exactly meant to be a competition to the already existing cine houses.. hope this helped if you need more clarification google it...